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Biography
Hélène Grimaud is one of the most charismatic pianists and musicians of today, appearing regularly with the most important conductors and orchestras in the world, in addition to her chamber and solos recitals in prestigious festivals and venues.
Highlights of her 2009/10 season included appearing at Lucerne Festival in four concerts as Artiste Etoile, a joint recital in Paris with Rolando Villazón, concerts with the Berliner Philharmoniker and hugely successful debut recitals in Seoul, Shanghai and Beijing.
The 2010/11 season features an international recital tour encompassing Europe, USA and Japan; concerts with the San Francisco Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig and London Philharmonic Orchestra; and a return to Beijing for the annual New Year Concerts. Further ahead, Hélène Grimaud plans performances and tours with Lucerne Festival Orchestra and Claudio Abbado, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia with Antonio Pappano, Pittsburgh Symphony and Manfred Honneck and with Wiener Philharmoniker with both Andris Nelsons and Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
Hélène has recorded exclusively for Deutsche Grammophon since 2002 and has released a string of imaginative CDs encompassing works by Bach, Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms, Bartók, Rachmaninov and Pärt.
Sample discography
Reviews
“She makes a big, vivid sound; has fine control of Beethoven’s spectacular virtuoso effects; and is good at patiently building climaxes over long stretches of phrase.” (The New York Times)
“…her gravity, finesse and dreaming touch supplied its own refreshment.” (The Times)
“This is one of the most intriguing yet bewildering recitals I have encountered in a long time. At her fines Hélène Grimaud is a truly remarkable artist capable of transcending the piano's essentially percussive nature to create magical worlds of tonal half-lights and ecstatic vocal metaphors.” (International Record Review)
“… The Rachmaninov was a sumptuous, moody affair, launched with unnerving heft by Grimaud, whose playing was typically ruminative and visionary… Displays of lofty high Romanticism, symphonic in their magnitude.” (The Guardian)
“Grimaud lucio una limpia tecnica y bello sonido y en el adagio sostenuto paso con serenidad de un nombre ascendente en la interpretacion, todoterreno, aunque le gusta dar sus propias transcripciones de Bach, lo cual no puede ser un detalle irrelevante.” (Diario de Navarra)
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